ROCKFORD, Ill. (WLS) Hundreds gathered outside a Rockford bowling alley Saturday night to remember the victims of a deadly shooting Christmas weekend.
Three people were killed and three others were hurt in what appears to be a random shooting at Don Carter Lanes.
At Saturday s vigil, the general manager of the bowling alley praised the staff working at the time of the shooting.
Duke Webb, a U.S. serviceman from Florida has been charged in a shooting.
37 year-old Duke Webb facing murder charges.
The active U.S. Army member accused of shooting 6 people, killing 3 at the Don Carter Lanes & restaurant in Rockford.
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ROCKFORD A lawyer for the U.S. Special Forces soldier accused in a mass shooting at Don Carter Lanes says she intends to seek the court s permission for mental health and fitness evaluations of her client.
U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Duke Webb, 37, of Shalimar, Florida, was in Rockford visiting family including a brother or half brother who works as a part-time cook at Don Carter. Authorities say Webb opened fire Saturday with two Glock handguns at the bowling alley, tavern and off-track betting facility on East State Street, killing three and injuring three others seemingly at random.
Experts say a fitness exam involves a complex analysis of the defendant and his life history to determine mental competence. But they say although his lawyers have raised the question of whether Webb suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, not enough is known publicly to predict whether they might consider insanity as a defense strategy.
Vigil set for Saturday to honor victims of shooting at Don Carter Lanes
ROCKFORD A candlelight vigil to honor the victims of the shooting at Don Carter Lanes and support their families will be held Saturday outside the bowling alley.
The vigil was initially scheduled for Tuesday night but canceled because of the snowstorm that moved through the region. It will now be held at 4:30 p.m. Saturday in the north parking lot of Don Carter Lanes, 4007 E. State St.
Local pastors, Mayor Tom McNamara, 10th Ward Alderman Frank Beach and members of the Sommer family, who own Don Carter, are scheduled to speak at the event.
Rockford’s Miracle Mile Care Fund for Don Carter Shooting Victims
On December 26th, three lives were taken, two others were wounded, from what police still believe was a completely random act of evil.
A lone shooter, inside Shooter s Bar and Don Carter Lanes in Rockford, killed 65-year-old Thomas Furseth, 69-year-old Mr. Jerome Woodfork and 73-year-old Dennis Steinhoff. The shooter also shot at a table of teenagers; a 16-year-old girl who was shot in her shoulder and a 14-year-old boy also sitting at the table was shot in the face. He is still under doctors care in a Madison, WI hospital with the bullet still lodged under his eye.